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UNITED lSTATES l Patented time 30,1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

MORRIS N. DRUCKER, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

TRUNK.

SPECFICATION forming part of Letterslatent No. 732,058, dated June BO, 1903.

Application tiled December 6, 1901. Serial No. 84|8'72. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, MORRIS N. DRUCKER, a citizen ofthe United States of America, and a resident ot Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trunks, of which the followingis a specification.

The object of my invention is a trunk into and from which garments are readily packed and unpacked, which has compartments for smaller articles separated from the compartment for the larger articles, and which may easily and quickly be both thrown wide open to give ready access to the interior and closed compactly. This object is attained by the means described in the specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of a trunk embodying my invention in a partiallyopened position and resting upon one of its ends. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken upon line a' of Fig. l, the closed position of the trunk being shown in full and a partially opened position by dotted lines. Fig. 3 is afront elevation of a movable frame for compressing the garments within the large compartment of the trunk. Fig. et is a detail view, upon an enlarged scale, of one member of the rack upon which the frame moves. Fig. 5 is a det-ail end view of one of the catches upon the frame. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective View of one of the fingers secured upon the side of the frame for engaging the teeth of one of the racks.

Referring to the parts, the ends a a', the bottom a2, and the rear sidea3 of trunkA are of ordinary construction and secured together in the usual manner. The front of trunk A is left open except for a narrow strip a4, secured at one side of the opening, and to the bottom edge of this opening is hinged a swinging iront B. One end of front B in its closed position touches the side of strip a* and to the other end is secured arearwardly projecting iiange b, which in the closed position passes over the end a, whose braces a5 are wedge-shaped upon their ends to engage i'lange b, and thereby facilitate the closing of front B. Upon the top of the trunk a strip a, similar to strip a4, is secu red at one end. Swinging top C is hinged at its rear edge to rear side a3 of the trunk and in its closed position at one end touches strip a6, at the other end has a iange c to fit over the end a of the trunk, and upon its front edge has a ange c to t over the top edge of front B.

Upon the interior of the trunk and parallel to rear side .a3 is a vertical partition a7,which extends from end to end of the trunk. Between rear side a3 and partition a7 are a series of drawers D for the retention of smaller articles, such as collars, cuffs, handkerchiefs, dac.

Extending forward from the partition a7, between ends a a at a point near` the top of the trunk and parallel to bottom a2,is a fixed side as, which, together with ends a. a', bottom a2, and partition a7, forms a chamber a in front of and transverseto'the drawer-compartments and open upon the front for the reception of the larger garments, such as coats, dto., which are to be suspended from a sliding rod am, which slides in ways all, secured to the inner face of end a2 of the trunk.

Upon the interior of both bottom a2 and side as within chamber et?V are fastened two racks e e', which engage frame E in the following inanner: Frame E has upon one of its sides rigid iingers e2 e3 and upon theopposite side sliding spring-pressed latches e4 c5. After garments have been suspended from rod am they are compressed by frame E thus: Fingers e2 e3 are placed in engagement with the teeth of the racks upon bottom a2 at the distance back from the front to which it is desired to compress the garments. The other end of the frame is then pushed inward, latches e4 e5 snapping into engagement with the successive teeth of the racks e upon side a8.

In closing the trunk front B is closed first. Upon its edge is secured a curved springclasp F, which engages a rigid finger F', secured upon side as. Upon the edges of front B are secured the members g of latches which fit into the corresponding members g of the latches, secured near the edges of end a and ton C.

In packing and unpacking the trunk it rests upon its end a'. It is seen that front B and top C are thus easily thrown wide open,

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giving ready access to chamber a9 and to drawers D, neither of which then has any obstacle in the way to impede a person in his access to said compartments.

What I claim isl. A trunk having a swinging top and a swinging front meeting each other at their free ends, a compartment of a depth equal to the depth of the trunk adjacent to the rear side of the trunk and open upon the top, drawers in said compartment, a second compartment in front of said compartment to open upon the front, and means upon the end of the second compartment for hanging garments, substantially as shown and described.

2. A trunk having a swinging top and a swinging side which meet each other at their free ends, upon the interior of the trunk a compartment adjacent to one side and a second compartment adjacent to the first compartment, a rigid finger secured upon the outside of one compartment, a spring-clasp upon one of the swinging members to engage the rigid finger, substantially as shown and described.

3. A trunk having its top and front open, a strip secured at one end of the top and front, a swinging top and front abutting against said strips at one end and at the other having anges to overlap the ends of vthe trunk, substantially as shown and described.

4. A trunk having its top and front open, a strip secured at one end of the top and front, horizontal strips with their frontends wedge-shaped secured upon the opposite end of the trunk, a swinging front at one end abutting against the strip and at the other having a flange to engage the Wedges, and a swinging top at one end abutting against the strip at the other having a ange to overlap the end of the trunk and upon its front edge a ange to overlap the swinging front, substantially as shown and described.

MORRIS N. DRUCKER. Witnesses:

W. F. MURRAY, EMMA LYFORD. 

